Synthesis of the pentasaccharide repeating unit of the O-specific polysaccharide from salmonella strasbourg

The pentasaccharide α - Tyv - (1→3) - β - d - Man - (1→4) - α - l - Rha - (1→3) - d - Gal - (4←1) -α - d - Glc 1, the repeating unit of the O-specific polysaccharide chain of the lipopolysaccharide from S. Strasbourg, was obtained by glycosylation of benzyl - 2,6 - di - O - benzyl - 4 - O - (2,3,4 - tri - O - benzyl - 6 - O - benzoyl - α - d - glucopyranosyl) - β - d - galactopyranoside with 1,2 - methylorthoacetyl - 3 - O - acetyl - 4- O - 3 - O - (2,4 - di - O - acetyl - 3, 6 - dideoxy,- α - d - arabino - hexopyranosyl) - 2,4,6 - tri - O - acetyl - β - d - mannopyranosyl] - β - l - rhamnopyranose 3 followed by removal of protecting groups. The structure of the synthetic pentasaccharide was proved by methylation analysis and ¹³C NMR.